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Re: King Crab 2017

Ohhhhh...not good...down 1.7 million pounds.

BRISTOL BAY RED KING CRAB
SEASON OPENS OCTOBER 15
TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH ANNOUNCED

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS) have completed analysis of 2017 NMFS trawl survey results for Bristol Bay red king crab. The 2017/18 Bristol Bay red king crab total allowable catch (TAC) is 6.601 million pounds and the fishing season will open October 15, 2017 at 12:00 noon and remain open through 11:59pm, January 15, 2018.

Abundance estimates are from the ADF&G length-based assessment model. The Bristol Bay red king crab mature female abundance is over the harvest strategy threshold of 8.4 million crab and the 2017 effective spawning biomass (ESB) of 39.78 million pounds is over the threshold of 14.5million pounds required for a fishery opening. The 2017 ESB estimate is less than 55.0 million pounds but greater than 34.75 million pounds; therefore, a 12.5% exploitation rate is applied to the estimated mature male abundance of 7.82 million crab.